Work & commute · Youngsville

Work & commute in Youngsville, LA

Most working residents leave Youngsville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (39%), Broussard (8%) and New Iberia (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

604 of 7,490 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,886 Youngsville residents head out of town to work, 604 work right here, and 4,576 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Youngsville.

6,886live here, work elsewhere

604live and work here

4,576work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Youngsville goes to work

Lafayette7.9 mi away

39%2,947

Youngsville (in town)right here

8%604

Broussard3.8 mi away

8%580

New Iberia12.2 mi away

4%324

Baton Rouge56.9 mi away

3%215

Abbeville11.4 mi away

2%122

Scott11.6 mi away

1%78

Lake Charles72.9 mi away

1%76

Opelousas30.1 mi away

1%66

New Orleans123.3 mi away

1%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%2,418

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Youngsville commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

61%

17%

19%

61%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Youngsville is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Youngsville are

5,180 jobs are based in Youngsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Youngsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Youngsville

5,180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Youngsville residents hold

7,490 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+102%

Jobs based in Youngsville, 2013 → 2023: 2,565 → 5,180. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.